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Anthony McCarley is from Berwyn, Pennsylvania who is one-third the way to his goal of achieving the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming. After a 13 hour 29 minute crossing of the English Channel in 2013, he has his sights on completing a circumnavigation around Manhattan Island on June 28th and a Catalina Channel crossing […]
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Cecilia Schutte from South Africa will be heading northwards…very north. The first woman to complete an ice mile has entered into the Winter Swimming Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland next week. While she has proven herself time and time again in extreme conditions, she still remains respectful of the conditions in Rovaniemi. “I am pretty nervous
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62-year-old Nejib Belhedi is going where no man has gone before. The Tunisian ice swimmer and channel swimmer is heading up the face of Mount Everest to swim at 6,000 meters at altitude. “The true merit of my challenge is not only to achieve success in a swim at 6,000 meters in altitude on Mount
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17-year-old George Young stroked into the annals of open water swimming history when he became the solo finisher of the 1927 Wrigley Ocean Marathon Swim, a 20.2-mile open water swimming competition across the Catalina Channel in 15 hours 44 minutes, winning the US$25,000 first prize offered by William Wrigley, Jr. The Canadian’s accomplishments were recognized
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A philanthropist and marathon swimmer extraordinaire, Mercedes Gleitze of Great Britain was recognized formally by the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) as an Honor Open Water Pioneer Swimmer for her body of work around the world. Mercedes Gleitze joined the pantheon of aquatic luminaries along with the following other open water swimmers: * Sandra
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The 1990 relay of Americans Jay Wilkerson, Chad Hundeby, Martha Jahn, Karen Burton, Dirk Bouma, and Sid Cassidy set not only the long-standing England-to-France relay record of 6 hours 52 minutes, but they also set the France-to-England relay record coming back in the second leg of their two-way crossing in 7 hours 26 minutes and remain the fastest overall and fastest 2-way relay (England-to-France-to-England) in 14 hours 18 minutes in 1990.
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Greg Stuart produced a video for O2 Priority Sports about ice swimmer and channel swimmer Anne Marie Ward from Donegal, Ireland. Copyright © 2014 by @O2Sports
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Jamie Patrick announced the dates of his swim window for The Great Lake Swim, a critical decision for ultra-marathon swims. “After many hours analyzing data provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as well as Weather Underground, we have decided that we will open The Great Lake Swim window August 7th and end it
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FINA announced today that the venue of the upcoming FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix event (scheduled for March 29th) and the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race (scheduled for April 5th) has been changed from the west coast of Mexico in Manzanillo to Cancún in the east on the Yucatán Peninsula. Not only
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Bruckner Chase‘s film, “Blue Journey: American Samoa – Stronger Together” has been accepted into the 2014 Beneath the Waves Film Festival. The films of the Festival are produced by scientists, conservation advocates, students, and amateur and professional filmmakers from around the world. The films are showcased in large-scale events hosted in Jacksonville, Florida, and 11
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